No sex, no violence, no action. All riveting.
This one makes two of my movie lists: Can Watch Anytime, In Any Mood (right up there with The Fugitive), and Movies About People Talking.
“I love to act”: director Rob Reiner on Jack Nicholson is… kinda wonderful:
… and co-star Kevin Pollack (whom I personally enjoy so much in this film) on Nicholson is also lovely:
And here’s a young Aaron Sorkin chatting to Charlie Rose (sorry) about his play becoming a movie:
Lessons from the Screenplay examines how Sorkin “constructs a battle… how the script establishes compelling stakes, and defines both the battleground and weapons used to fight, and [discovers] how increasing the pressure on the central characters results in an unforgettable climactic explosion”:
Roger Ebert pinpoints his single criticism of the film – that Sorkin’s screenplay steals its own thunder:
Further Viewing
Looking for more classic Sorkin collabs? Another pairing with director Rob Reiner, The American President (1995):
There’s his team-up with director David Fincher on The Social Network (2010):
The Danny Boyle-directed biopic, Steve Jobs (2015):
And finally, the near-Steven Soderbergh collab, Moneyball (2011):